Variable Red-eyed Squeaker
Popplepsalta notialis notialisxincitata hybrids
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Male
Female
Species number (TNS):
439.
Fore wing length:
14–17 mm.
Distribution and seasonality:
Restricted to south-eastern
Queensland and north-eastern New
South Wales between Wuruma Dam
and Woodburn. Adults occur from late
September to March.
Notable localities:
Upper Yarraman, Lake Atkinson.
Habitat:
Eucalypt woodland and open forest,
particularly at the margins of Brigalow
(Acacia harpohylla) dominated scrub
and woodland or areas where these
communities were formally present.
Calling song and behaviour:
A long buzz, often including
conspicuous stuttering components
and followed by a variable or
intermediately-paced emission of
alternating long and short chirps. Adults
sit on the upper branches and in foliage
of trees and shrubs.
Similar species:
Sprinkler Squeaker, Maraca Squeaker,
also see Inland Sprinkler Squeaker and
Southern Red-eyed Squeaker, which
are thought to hybridise (or have
hybridised in the past in the southern
part of the distribution) leading to the
occurrence of the populations
described here.
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